Can the mouse pointer be changed back to the arrow in Excel?

Hi @Terri Vathis,

Thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum.

According to your concern, the white plus cursor inside the worksheet grid is the normal selection pointer which indicates that you're selecting cells and ranges in Excel. Unfortunately, currently there is no Excel setting can change or modify that white plus pointer.

If you find its visualization is difficult to see, you can improve the pointer visibility by increasing its size. To do that, go to Settings > Accessibility > Mouse pointer and touch > Size. The default size is set as 1 and you can slightly increase it to 2. It will make the cursor bigger with thicker black border, help increase its visibility.

I hope this helps you move forward smoothly. If you have any questions or need further clarification, please feel free to reach out again and I’ll be happy to continue assisting you.

Thank you for your patience and understanding. Looking forward to your response.

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Yes, you can change the mouse pointer back to the arrow in Excel. You can do this by setting the Cursor property of the Application object to xlDefault, which represents the default pointer (the arrow). Here’s a brief overview of how to do it:

1. Set the Cursor property to xlDefault before your macro stops running to ensure that the pointer resets to the arrow.
2. You can also use the MousePointer property to specify the type of pointer displayed when the user positions the mouse over a particular object. For example, you can set it to fmMousePointerArrow to explicitly change it to the arrow pointer.

This way, you can manage the appearance of the mouse pointer as needed in your Excel application.